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Frostgrave – Dark Alchemy – Scenario 3

Posted by yansick on January 16, 2024
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I just realized that I hadn’t shared the photos from the third and final scenario of the Dark Alchemy mini-campaign.

This particular scenario unfolds in a section of a potion factory that has been ravaged by explosions and is currently engulfed in flames. The warband’s challenge is to exit the table within a maximum of 10 rounds.

For this tabletop setting, I printed in 3D resin numerous bits for crafting pipes and scratch-builded industrial walkways. The construction involved materials like cardboard, straws, painter’s mesh tape, small beads for rivets, and more. It was highly enjoyable, deviating from my usual focus on medieval fantasy themes.

I also handcrafted several circular fire tokens, each 2 inches in diameter. Some of these tokens are strategically placed beneath the walkways, as you can observe in the photos.

Enjoy!

Frostgrave – Thaw of the LichLord – Scenario 2 – Battle on the River

Posted by yansick on January 6, 2024
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First post of 2024! Although this gaming session took place at the end of 2023…

In this particular scenario, the warband finds itself facing off against an evil wizard, a devoted servant of the Lich Lord, amidst the wreckage of ships and boats trapped in the sudden and violent freezing of the river in Felstad.

For this occasion, I 3D printed a damaged ship using my Neptune 3 Pro (FDM). It was my first major printing project with this machine, and I’m pleased to say it turned out exceptionally well! The model looks truly striking on the gaming table.

To create the frozen river, I purchased a pale blue poster board that I airbrushed, aiming to capture the appearance of cracked ice and snow. I added a clear acrylic sheet on top to provide a subtle gloss (though it may be barely visible in the photos, unfortunately).

We played through this scenario twice, and on both occasions, the unfortunate enemy wizard faced complete obliteration. I believe some adjustments are needed to make this scenario a more formidable challenge.

Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable experience.

Enjoy the pictures!

Frostgrave – The Vaults Battle map

Posted by yansick on July 2, 2023
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WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! We played this FrostGrave scenario in coop mode recently. It has an interesting mechanic for generating random rooms to create a dungeon crawl like adventure. But it took so long to play that we had to leave the mission on hold until our next meeting (the big red d20 indicates the current turn… but add 20 to that in fact! We will be beginning turn 31 next time!). And it sure doesn’t look good for our warband members: So many enemies spawned and are currently between us and the exit! This scenario is VERY difficult. I’m starting to think the 3 wizards should bail out (using Teleport spells) and call it a day, leaving the soldiers behind …with the treasures, unfortunately 😦

At least, you can enjoy the pics!

FrostGrave – The Dog Days Battle Map

Posted by yansick on October 12, 2022
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I played this FrostGrave scenario in coop mode with my friend recently. Those nasty Chronohounds totally WRECKED our respective warbands! This scenario is very difficult. We plan on trying again (and hope for fewer very bad dice rolls…)

Meanwhile, enjoy the pics!

There be Goblins!

Posted by yansick on June 17, 2015
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I didn’t find the time (and courage) to work on my various projects recently…

…but with the return of summer I will have more drive to get back to work.

Starting with my Moria Goblins by Game’s Workshop. Nothing fancy, they are tabletop quality: base colours followed a dipping, like my Mantic orcs.

I had some fun with the details on the bases (vegetation, plants, leaves, grass, etc).

They’ll look great on the game table: cool!

Nasty little guys!
…with friends…
…24 friends to be exact…
…yep: nasty Goblins!

Green is the new blue

Posted by yansick on July 13, 2014
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I thought it would be nice to share some pics of a dragon mini I painted eons ago. It is an old dragon miniature, from Grenadier (same collection as my blue dragon in this other post). What is interesting here I think is the use of 2 unusual objects for the diorama: the base of an antique desk lamp and a glass globe, used for exterior porch lamps. The diorama of the dragon, complete with the tree and dead horse, was made on a small round piece of plastic, glued with epoxy to  the metal lamp base. The glass globe is held in place with plumber putty, but It could have been “glued” with silicon or even epoxy. Overall it is quite an impressive piece and looks terrific in my office. I hope you enjoy it to.

Bad to the bones!

Posted by yansick on October 12, 2013
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Some photos of my completed Tomb Kings skeletons from Games Workshop.

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I don’t like the cartoonish look of these minis, but I needed a lot of skeletons for the gaming table and I wanted something cheap: I paid 35 $CAN for 16 minis, which is good. I bought these a while ago, before Mantic Games made their line of skeletons available (damn!). I find Mantic Games skeletons more realistic and I definitely would have preferred them over GWs, but it’s ok: my current minis are just fine for gaming.

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The Z word

Posted by yansick on October 7, 2013
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Zombies!

I LOVE zombies! They are scary as hell, disgusting, relentless, remorseless, fearless, and they come by the dozens! Perfect monsters for a Dungeon Master 🙂

Zombie minis on the market are of uneven quality, and available in various degrees of ‘realism’. So, if you want a swarm of nice looking zombies for your gaming table, it can get quite expensive.

It is hard to vary the poses enough to get very different looking zombies (lots of extended arms). But still, the overall effect of the horde is quite cool.

It is hard to vary the poses enough to get very different looking zombies (lots of extended arms). But still, the overall effect of the horde is quite cool.

That’s why I got interested in Mantic Games line of minis. They are much cheaper than most minis out there, quite detailed and less cartoonish than Games Workshop plastic minis. My first order with this company was for a pack of zombies (later, I also purchased 2 packs of orcs, which you can find in some other posts on this blog).

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Dipping a dwarf… and a troll!

Posted by yansick on June 19, 2013
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I just completed the dwarf fighter miniature for one of my friend. I used the same technique that I used for my orcs: a “quick” plain color painting, without shading, followed by a dipping in Minwax Polyshade. Then Testor Dull coat to kill the shine of the wood varnish, followed by a little detail work (mainly hitting some edges and metal surfaces with a lighter tone to restore the highlights.

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While at it, I dipped a prepainted Pathinder Troll miniature. I must say I’m quite impressed with the results: No post dipping work has been done on it yet and still it looks a lot better then it did straight from the box…

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Cool!